Chicken Alley beset by treasure seakers
After a year of preparation the Vineyard Haven thrift store at 38 Lagoon Pond Road was once again the bustling, hectic, whoop-and-holler scene of the annual Chicken Alley Art Show.
Close up with Callie Shell
Callie Shell is well-practiced at recognizing a telling moment, at intuiting the precise expression and gesture that reveals something essential, at being in the right place at the right time.
Louisa Gould: Ready to celebrate
She's weathered fire and flood, renovations and recession since first opening her gallery on August 5, 2003.
Bright lights, big city: Urban Show at Piknik
It's hard to imagine how an exhibition of urban-themed paintings can provide a breath of fresh air on Martha's Vineyard in mid-August, but gallerist Michael Hunter's annual Urban Event at Piknik Art & Apparel in Oak Bluffs does just that.
When does an artifact become art?
Tom DeMont, Owner/artist, Edgartown Scrimshaw: I think that an artifact becomes art when it has been handmade or hand-constructed.
Seeing It Through: Richard Lee
For over 50 years Richard Lee has been perfecting the art of painting on panes of glass.
Home is where the art is
Art in the home becomes a crucial component to its interior decoration — embellishing, creating focal points, and defining the personality of a room.
The Chicken Alley Art Show
"Be still my heart," Libby Barrington says, as she is directed towards the top shelf in the back room at the Martha's Vineyard Thrift Shop.
Gallery strolls in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs
The last two gallery strolls of the season take place this month.
All Island Art
Last Monday and Tuesday the annual All Island Art Show and the All Island Junior Art Show were held, respectively, in the Campgrounds in Oak Bluffs.
Do most gallery owners want to be artists?
Zita Cousens, owner Cousen Rose Gallery: There are gallery owners who are artists, but many (and this would include me) who purely enjoy the art of selling.
Wampum: History, tradition, art
In the past handful of decades, wampum has emerged on the Vineyard as a staple of up-Island culture and fashion.
Stan Murphy
One of the subjects that almost always guarantees animated discussions and the exchange of interesting information without the falling into the heated I'm- right-you're-wrong debates — is art.